The Postscript Murders Quotes

“A people who elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Women write about violence because women experience violence,’ says Becki. This simple truth has the effect of dissolving any remaining laughter in the room. ‘Men hate us. Books are a way of getting our own back.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“His parents, who were Catholic in the stubborn way some old recusant English families are, sticking to their faith all through the Reformation, never expected any of their children to take it this far.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“It's my TBR pile," she says.
"TBR?" says Neil.
"To be read. If I'm ever killed, my TBR pile will be the murder weapon. Sorry, that's in terrible taste. Bad news takes me that wy sometimes.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“That's how I know I'm old, he thinks. Because sometime it does take him by surprise. He sees a wizened old man in the mirror and wonders whether a geriatric burglar has broken in.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Motive and means.’ Natalka and Edwin look gratifyingly impressed. Benedict doesn’t tell them that this methodology comes straight from Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“He imagines her at the crime scene: the outline on the floor, the white-suited figures, the yellow and black tape, the shouts of ‘We’ve found a footprint/murder weapon/DNA.’ But so far real policing has been disappointingly unlike the TV version.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Thank Heaven Fasting. It’s a quote from As You Like It, as he’d been about to tell Natalka. ‘Down on your knees And thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell and Peggy’s favourite, an out-of-print golden-age writer called Sheila Atkins.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“although”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Classic crime,’ says Benedict. ‘Peggy loved these writers. I do too. Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie. Sheila Atkins.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Debit card—​bad credit Orchestra—​carthorse Dormitory—​dirty room Schoolmaster—​the classroom Astronomer—​moon starer.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“bosky”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“The trouble is, so much of his life now goes on in his head that he’s sometimes not sure what’s real and what isn’t.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“I don’t know. Just to get a feel of”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“It’s all sleek lines and concealed lighting, unlike her parents’ house where, on top of everything, there’s something.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Don’t the Scriptures also tell you to ‘stay awake’ and ‘be ready’?”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Miles is obviously going to be a trial.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Harris is rather attractive in a bony, cadaverous way.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“It’s quite exhilarating, being annoyed by someone, especially a friend. It’s been a long time since he’s spent so much concentrated time with other people.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“Don’t clever people read crime novels?’ asks Edwin, making a list of murder mysteries in his head, starting with Macbeth and including Dickens, Dostoevsky, Charlotte Brontë and Wilkie Collins. He’s a particular fan of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders

“she’s very good at disappearing into the background. All old people are.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders